Teens killed in Swindon car crash

Two female passengers, killed in a car crash outside of Swindon, have been named by police as Kerry Staniford, 17, and Shaya Rae Leigh, 18. Another three male passengers are being treated in hospital with serious injuries.

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The family of one of the teenage victims killed in a car crash in Swindon yesterday has been taken by police officers to the scene of the tragedy.

The grey Renault Clio is removed from the scene on the A419 near Swindon. Credit: Tim Ireland/PA Wire

18-year-old Shaya Rae Leigh was killed after the car they were travelling in plunged into undergrowth at the side of a road in Swindon, police said. Her family today laid floral tributes at the spot.

Inspector Paul Longden from Wiltshire Police escorted the relatives. He said: “We have appointed family liaison officers to help the families through this terrible time and Shaya’s family asked their officer if they could go to the place where the car left the road.

"The family spent about 25 minutes at the scene”.

Police have appealed to the public not to attempt to stop on the A419 because of the risk of a serious accident on the busy dual carriageway.

Wiltshire Police have named the two young women who died in a crash in the early hours today near Swindon as 18-year-old Shaya Rae Leigh and 17-year-old Kerry Staniford.

Another three male passengers are being treated in hospital with injuries, and one of them has been described as being "very poorly". All were aged 20-years-old. PC Jeff Rice, of the Roads Policing Unit, said:

This was an horrific incident and we would like to offer our condolences to the families of the two young women who sadly died.

We are very keen to hear from anyone who was on the A419 near the scene at around 5am today. We would also like to hear from anyone with any information about the movements of the people in the car during Friday night and the early hours of Saturday.